The crowning piece of diplomatic futility, however, is Kerry's frantic effort to salvage the Arab-Israeli negotiations he launched

Simply, just one idiotic blunder after another coming from this clueless Obama lackey. He has done more to make the United States totally and completely irrelevant on the world stage with his ill thought out antics than anyone in recent memory. Possibly with the exception of his predecessor.

We've been "launching peace efforts" between the Israeli's and Palestinians for decades so how are Kerry efforts that much different than those under Reagan,Clinton or either Bush? Did they also make the USA irrelevant? I hate to tell you but this is mostly an Israeli/Palestinian problem. Not the USA! We can't force either side to accept our terms and we are no more that an arbitrator . Every American President for 50 years has been a "lackey" to Israel and an expensive one at that. Maybe by withholding that $4 billion to Israel that we give them every year then they might stand up and listen. They take from us and don't seem to give much in return so they are also thumbing their noses up at us. Is it time to withdraw all aid to both sides and let them duke it out? Israel's blockade of Gaza has only intensified the problem and Israel's illegal settlements in the West Bank have also hampered peace efforts. What would Jakebrake do?

Mr. Laurson, why do you glaringly ignore the daily rocket attacks from the Palestinian terrorists?

First of all there are not daily rocket attacks. Secondly few Palestinians are "terrorists" . Thirdly the Gaza strip is being blockaded and Israel is basically holding them hostage so they retaliate against the suffering. So I didn't "glaring ignore" anything. Yet you totally ignored those illegal settlements which have sabotaged the peace process. Stealing land is a form of "terrorism". So each side has big problems with their image and this is not in defense of either side on the wrongs they commit.

In June of 1967, 5 Arab armies attacked Israel and they got their butts whupped. They lost some land, which Israel is not giving back. Some of this land, like the Golan Heights, would once again leave Israel in an indefensible position should it be returned to the Arabs who attacked us in 1967.

Settlements are being build on land that Israel owns.

And yes, Mr. Laurson, there are almost daily rocket attacks by the Arab terrorists. If the Palestinians want blockades lifted and travel restrictions eased, they first must show that they are not diligently working to kill us at every chance they get. Look, man, these people do not even recognize our right to exist. What the heck do you want? Our mass suicide?

racer wrote:Because I am a Lady I will not waste my time or the effort answering. We, my family are proud Americans and will stay that way.

Do not waste your time, or a moment more of your serenity, on the likes of laurson and Dave. They have long track records of what you have witnessed attacking your family, our great nation, our military, and general concepts of decency, faith, G-d and country.

Please thank your husband for his service to our country. Sometimes, people who lay their lives on the line for our collective freedom must simply accept that there are people like laurson and Dave in our midst. They are wrong in their thinking, but they are, presumably, Americans nonetheless.

Let your husband know that if I had been old enough to have taken one out, I would have eviscerated any hippie that I witnessed spitting on a soldier. But I was a kid in 1969.

PhilLeshFan I did pass on your message and he said Thank You. It was trying going through airports and other public places to say the least but being as proud as he is he ignored them. I might surprise some to know that we are of the flower generation but not all of us believed in the same thing. It was a hoot going over to San Fran to see the show on the streets.

The State Department has a "serious" problem accounting for how it has spent billions of dollars on contracts all over the world, according to the official watchdog that oversees the sprawling department.

The Office of Inspector General, in a March 20 "management alert" to department leaders, said the department has failed to provide all or some of the files for $6 billion worth of contracts in the last six years.

"The failure to maintain contract files adequately creates significant financial risk and demonstrates a lack of internal control over the Department's contract actions," the memo said.

Strange article you linked to, CharlesDarwin. I copied part of it below. What kind of gas did Saddam Hussein use in wiping out all those Kurds? Many of us believe that the weapons were moved. Hussein had plenty of time to do so.

It’s news to no-one that the reason they haven’t been found is because they weren’t there in the first place.

I'll state again that Mr. Clinton believed the WMDs were there. I don't remember you calling him on that. Did I miss those posts of yours?

And either way, the Iraqi people are better off with Hussein dead. Just ask those Iraqis who were raped, sodomized and tortured by that butcher and his sons. You could ask the Iraqis who were dropped into Hussein's meat grinders, but they are all dead.

racer wrote:gglaurson@msn.com My Husband was there and is/was very proud to defend the United States and its allies. Did you go or did you pull a Bill Clinton or run to Canada? Kerry did what he was told to do while was there didn't he. Let me tell about being spit on or do you even care, more than likely you do not. Kerry disgraced his uniform plain and simple, he took the oath to serve and protect just like thousands of other men and women. In my opinion he does not belong in office of any kind.

Another cocky comment from someone who makes claims with no truth to back it up. I sure did serve in Vietnam so your insults only prove how shallow you are. Kerry did NOTHING to disgrace the uniform while he was in Vietnam and did NOTHING to cause harm to those who he was in command of. So he did serve and protect and served honorably so you are the insulting one! Its truly sad that folks like you complain about free speech yet attack Kerry and other veterans who spoke out against the lies that produced that war. You are the one who is shamefully gullible. That in itself leads us into other wars under that same false pretense. There is a difference in defending America and being an aggressor with preemptive wars. Stop defending the indefensible and understand how and why wars are created.

The crowning piece of diplomatic futility, however, is Kerry's frantic effort to salvage the Arab-Israeli negotiations he launched

Simply, just one idiotic blunder after another coming from this clueless Obama lackey. He has done more to make the United States totally and completely irrelevant on the world stage with his ill thought out antics than anyone in recent memory. Possibly with the exception of his predecessor.

We've been "launching peace efforts" between the Israeli's and Palestinians for decades so how are Kerry efforts that much different than those under Reagan,Clinton or either Bush? Did they also make the USA irrelevant? I hate to tell you but this is mostly an Israeli/Palestinian problem. Not the USA! We can't force either side to accept our terms and we are no more that an arbitrator . Every American President for 50 years has been a "lackey" to Israel and an expensive one at that. Maybe by withholding that $4 billion to Israel that we give them every year then they might stand up and listen. They take from us and don't seem to give much in return so they are also thumbing their noses up at us. Is it time to withdraw all aid to both sides and let them duke it out? Israel's blockade of Gaza has only intensified the problem and Israel's illegal settlements in the West Bank have also hampered peace efforts. What would Jakebrake do?

Mr. Laurson, why do you glaringly ignore the daily rocket attacks from the Palestinian terrorists?

First of all there are not daily rocket attacks. Secondly few Palestinians are "terrorists" . Thirdly the Gaza strip is being blockaded and Israel is basically holding them hostage so they retaliate against the suffering. So I didn't "glaring ignore" anything. Yet you totally ignored those illegal settlements which have sabotaged the peace process. Stealing land is a form of "terrorism". So each side has big problems with their image and this is not in defense of either side on the wrongs they commit.

In June of 1967, 5 Arab armies attacked Israel and they got their butts whupped. They lost some land, which Israel is not giving back. Some of this land, like the Golan Heights, would once again leave Israel in an indefensible position should it be returned to the Arabs who attacked us in 1967.

Settlements are being build on land that Israel owns.

And yes, Mr. Laurson, there are almost daily rocket attacks by the Arab terrorists. If the Palestinians want blockades lifted and travel restrictions eased, they first must show that they are not diligently working to kill us at every chance they get. Look, man, these people do not even recognize our right to exist. What the heck do you want? Our mass suicide?

Once again you are telling terribly lies and no there are not "daily rocket attacks" not even close. The settlement I'm talking about are in the West Bank and on Arab land which of coarse you failed to bring up. Now tell us about Israel's refusal to allow a Palestinian State and their right to exist? You leave so much out in your hatred. I accept both the right to exist for both Israel and the Palestinians why don't you?

Do you mean the WMDs which Clinton believed were there, as he lobbed missiles on the first day of the Lewinski business?

At least try and be truthful Phil! Yes Saddam had chemical weapons which he used on his own people. Yes that's terrible but the WMD's most people speak of were nukes. There were none and never were any. It was mainly the French and the Russians who supplied Iraq with those chemicals back in the 7's. It was also the USA which supplied Saddam with most of their military equipment in the 80's which helped him control and kill his people. Now isn't that touching!! There has never been any proof that Saddam transferred any chemicals into Syria . Besides he didn't like Assad! Lewinski has nothing to do with this so nice try in that lame attempt!

racer wrote:Because I am a Lady I will not waste my time or the effort answering. We, my family are proud Americans and will stay that way.

Do not waste your time, or a moment more of your serenity, on the likes of laurson and Dave. They have long track records of what you have witnessed attacking your family, our great nation, our military, and general concepts of decency, faith, G-d and country.

Please thank your husband for his service to our country. Sometimes, people who lay their lives on the line for our collective freedom must simply accept that there are people like laurson and Dave in our midst. They are wrong in their thinking, but they are, presumably, Americans nonetheless.

Let your husband know that if I had been old enough to have taken one out, I would have eviscerated any hippie that I witnessed spitting on a soldier. But I was a kid in 1969.

Spitting on soldiers was extremely rare and one of those myths perpetuated by people like you who hated anyone you told the truth about Vietnam. The most indecent thing a nation can do is to preemptively attack another nation such as we did in Iraq and what Hitler did in Poland. Cowards are land grabbers and those who start wars for oil. Take your pick! I love America but not the evil and lies that our leaders tell us. To bad you think patriotism is blind obedience . No wonder you think Israel has a right to take land that is not their's (by law) in the West Bank. Just like Hitler thought it was okay to take historically German land in Czechoslovakia. Pathetic how arrogant nations are and who defends that arrogance!

Strange article you linked to, CharlesDarwin. I copied part of it below. What kind of gas did Saddam Hussein use in wiping out all those Kurds?

We were threatened with a "mushroom cloud" by the Bush regime. Is that what Hussein was using on the Kurds and Iranians?

Many of us believe that the weapons were moved. Hussein had plenty of time to do so.

And yet they couldn't be found in what, 11 years?

... Clinton...

I'm sorry, why would I engage in this red herring? Did Clinton write this column? Have I ever indicated I was some huge fan of Clinton? Is it Clinton that keeps getting promoted by the "liberal media" as some sort of foreign policy analyst of note, week after week?

And either way, the Iraqi people are better off with Hussein dead. Just ask those Iraqis who were raped, sodomized and tortured by that butcher and his sons. You could ask the Iraqis who were dropped into Hussein's meat grinders, but they are all dead.

If you want to read about just how cynical our foreign policy is, especially as pertains to Iraq, check this out. Of course we knew that Hussein had chemical weapons at one point.Because we gave him an assist in using them.

Where was Krauthammer during the 8 years of the Bush rein? I would like to belive that if we would get our A-- out of that area they would either kill each other off or settle the questions and maybe learn to live together...or maybe not Who cares.

jakebrake wrote:Mr. Laurson, why do you glaringly ignore the daily rocket attacks from the Palestinian terrorists?

First of all there are not daily rocket attacks. Secondly few Palestinians are "terrorists" . Thirdly the Gaza strip is being blockaded and Israel is basically holding them hostage so they retaliate against the suffering. So I didn't "glaring ignore" anything. Yet you totally ignored those illegal settlements which have sabotaged the peace process. Stealing land is a form of "terrorism". So each side has big problems with their image and this is not in defense of either side on the wrongs they commit.

In June of 1967, 5 Arab armies attacked Israel and they got their butts whupped. They lost some land, which Israel is not giving back. Some of this land, like the Golan Heights, would once again leave Israel in an indefensible position should it be returned to the Arabs who attacked us in 1967.

Settlements are being build on land that Israel owns.

And yes, Mr. Laurson, there are almost daily rocket attacks by the Arab terrorists. If the Palestinians want blockades lifted and travel restrictions eased, they first must show that they are not diligently working to kill us at every chance they get. Look, man, these people do not even recognize our right to exist. What the heck do you want? Our mass suicide?

Once again you are telling terribly lies and no there are not "daily rocket attacks" not even close. The settlement I'm talking about are in the West Bank and on Arab land which of coarse you failed to bring up. Now tell us about Israel's refusal to allow a Palestinian State and their right to exist? You leave so much out in your hatred. I accept both the right to exist for both Israel and the Palestinians why don't you?

Once again you are telling terribly lies and no there are not "daily rocket attacks" not even close.

This is about all the time I care to devote to your, possibly innocent, lack of correct information, sir.

gglaurson@msn.com wrote:Daily means everyday so you lose again Phil ! There is still time for you to tell the truth not just your version of events.

Try reading only the words which are actually printed, gglaurson. You missed the word "almost" and yet, even if I cared to take the time to find a larger and longer list of almost daily attacks by your friends in Gaza, it would not satisfy you. You are not worth that much of my time.

I wish you all the best in your version and in your neck of the world.